Registered charity (CIO) · Henley-on-Thames
Opera Prelude
- 8 trustees
- Income £143k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Fiona Anne HamiltonChair · since 2014
- Adriana Festeu MphilTrustee · since 2014
- Charlotte Clare CliffordTrustee · since 2022
- Chiara Macarti SperanzaTrustee · since 2024
- Christopher MartinTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Christopher Philip Robert WhiteTrustee · since 2026
- Laura PlumptreTrustee · since 2025
- Natalie BurchTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Kensington And Chelsea, Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.operaprelude.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£143k£126k
- 2024£151k£111k
- 2023£118k£94k
Earlier years
- 2022£89k£84k
- 2021£120k£87k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE ART AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN OPERA AND YOUNG PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS BY THE PROVISION IN PARTICULAR BY PERFORMANCE BASED LECTURES AND OPERA RELATED EVENTS.
Grants received
2 grants · £5,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Rothschild Foundation · £3,500
- Foundation Scotland · £2,000
Most recent
- Foundation Scotland
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Fiona Anne Hamilton Chair since 2014
- Adriana Festeu Mphil since 2014
- Charlotte Clare Clifford since 2022
- Chiara Macarti Speranza since 2024
- Christopher Martin since 2025
- Dr Christopher Philip Robert White since 2026
- Laura Plumptre since 2025
- Natalie Burch since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Fiona Anne Hamilton Chair since 2014
- Adriana Festeu Mphil since 2014
- Natalie Burch since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Fiona Anne Hamilton Chair since 2014
- Adriana Festeu Mphil since 2014
- Charlotte Clare Clifford since 2022
- Chiara Macarti Speranza since 2024
- Christopher Martin since 2025
- Natalie Burch since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Christopher Philip Robert White since 2026
- Laura Plumptre since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158309
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 21 Aug 2014
- Contact on the register
- 07908894333 · operaprelude@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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